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S3 Continued from last page. in the Circnit Court in Charleston, he decision ot which was declared ?Ti ^l by the law pro viding for the distribution. The judge o? that court decided that there were no grounds o? appeal, and uow these legal cormorants have appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States on some trivial pretext or other, soleiy with the view of wearying the patience of the claimants and forcing*them to a division, ami this they have succeeded in doing in a* large number of cases. The very terms of the act under which the State accepted this trust for bids the payment of one cent of this money to any of these parties, and I strongly recoin end that the General Assembly authorize me to demand of the master in Charteston the names of and the amounts d?ie to .the parties thus situated, that I may pay them what isdue without awaiting theissuesof the 1 ri vial appeal to the United States Supreme Court. PENSIONS. I desire to call your attention to the follow ing extract from my last message: **ln the report of the Adjutan t and Inspect or General, he suggests that a small fund be provided for the publication, in pamphlet form, of the rolls of such conipauies and reg iments as are not complete. The purpose "is that these may be distributed in the territory from which the men were enlisted, so that the survivors may have some data to be guided j by in supplying the missing names. Itj should be a matter of State pride, and i of justice to the deal and living alike, to that everything reasonable be done to put on record in the archives of the gov ernmental least the name of every man who wore the gray. I therefore urge consideration of the Adjutant General's recommendation. He is a zealous and efficient officer, and being & gallant Confederate soldier himself will use every reasonable t ffort to finish this necessary wort."' In this connection I would call your atten tion to the matter of pensions for Confederate soldters and widows. Since I have been Gov ernor several pitiful cases of the destitution of disabled Confederate soldiers have been brought to my attention. They had no ad equate meaos of support, and the pension, dis tributed on a per capita basis, was insufficient to keep tbem from suffering. It is an inher ent vice ot any pension system that there shall be abuse of the State's bounty, and there is not the slightest doubt in the world that many persons in South Carolina are to-day getting a pro rata share of pension money whose claims to it are doubtful ; while there are ethers more worthy not receiving any or not enough. But if we grant that every pen sioner is entuled to what be or she gets and that the list could be enlarged il the State could afford it, there are certainly some cases more meritorious than others and there should be some method provided looking to a jest discrimination In favor of thf-se. To pre vent abuse ofAhe Staters bounty, and, >?t the same time, provide for those most needy, I know o? no class of men to whose judgment and feeling I would sooner entrust the dis tribution of the pittance the S-ate is able to give than to the Confederate soldiers. And I orge that the present system of passing upon the applications for pension be abolished and that the Confederate survivors in each county be requested to form an organization m which every survivor shall be enrolled, to which the whole matter be intrusted. There are many pensioners who can easily do without the pit tance they re?eive. There are a considerable number who must go to the poor house unless tney get more. ; Several attempts have been m de at different ' times found a soidiers' home in the State to give to these heroes a comfortable resting place till they Crossover the ri ver." Whether it is he.ter to provide such a home or to ieave these war-worn men among friends ana neighbors, is for you to decide. I think the veterans would prefer the latter; and it the Confederate soldiers of each county will take the matter in hand and give it the attention it des**ves their organization, which might br made pleasant and useful iu many 01 her ways and especially in the cohectton and preservation of data ior the future historian, can be o? great service in smc <tb>ng the path to the grave of t bei r tes? fr.rv.uate brethren. I feei satisfied that if ni* sehen??- is properly carried out the soldiers, who are also taxpay ers, eau be safely trusted with the money,and if it becomes necessary, the amount can be increased. The pro ra?a snare of each county should be on basis of the number ol ex-Con federate soldiers in that county. MARION'S TOMB. A joint resolution to provide for the repair ing of the tomb of General Francis Marion, in Berkley county." and< appropriating SSOo tfce?efor, was passed by the :ast General As sembly, and the duty imposed oa me o? see ing the work properiy done. Feeling that I could rely on txU judgment and taste, I re quested the Hon. w. A. Courtney, of Charles ton, to visit the grave and prepare such sp?ci fications as would enable me to carry out the wish of the Legislature. He reported the con dition of the tomb to be such that there is no possibility ol repairing it, but that a new tomb wonld have to be provided if it were to reflect any credit on the State; and advised me that this could not be done in a creditable way, approaching the one which has been partially destroyed r?y a failiDg tree, with the money provided. With the assistance of Mr Baroot, of Charleston, he kindly designed a suitable tomb, with bronze tablets for the in scriptions, estimating the cost at about. $600, with which sum an enduring and indestructi ble tombfoonld be purchased, and I recom mend the appropriate of that amount for this pious and patriotic purpose. In this connection I desire to direct the at tention of the General Assembly to the pain fu' dearth within the walls of the State Hou.-e of memorials, mementoes pictures or other souvenirs of South Carolina's great dead. No State of the original thirteen suffered in the Revolutionary War as much as ours, and, ex cepting Virginia, I might add, m the Confed erate War. Upon the soil of none were so many revolutionary batt.es fought, and none furnished a brighter galaxy of brave and pa triotic officers in both these wars. From some cause the history of S >uth Carolina's snare in those days and those heroes has never been written in a fitting way, and Time's ravenous tooth has leit us Tittle except their names. Then, coming to a later period, oor annals are adorned with brilliant orators, wise statesmen and eminent jurists; and and here, too the student of our history, is struck with the painful lack o? authentic ac j ?nom or record of their lives and reminders ot how they looked. There are three or tour * pointings in the Senate chamber aud hall of the representatives of someof our later worth ies.and ot:e Georgian, who lent valuable aid to tite State at a most critical period, but here the catalogue ends. The library walls, up stairs, and a?l other rooms are bare, and the thousands Of visitors from this State and of h ers who annually inspect the State Capitol cannot find any "counterfeit presentment'' of South Carolina's great men. It may be con sidered extravagance to attempt to supply what every lover ot the State would wish to see supplied, bot I take it that there can be no difi'ranee of opinion as to the value and desirability of memorials of the men who have Illustrated our history. A people who do not respect their ancestors cannot hope to be respected by their poepenty, and sentiment j at last is the mother of pati lotism. "The promptness, without caviling, with which your predecessors gave money to copy the records in England bearing upon South Carolina's history, leads me to suggest that a small annual appropriation be made to pro vide paintings of the men whose virtue and greatness we have heard extolled, but have never read, because their Jives have never been written. Then visitors to the State House may see at least. "Some frail memorial still erected nigh" to teach our youths both how to live and die for Sont h Carolioa. One thousand d? liars a year given to the State House Commission and an invitation to the descendants~?nd families of these great Carolinians to present such pictures would in a short while relieve the painful blankness which now exists in our Capitol. REGISTRATION. The act of 18S2 requiring and providing a> system ol registration of the voters of this! State, by reason of its provisions, has brought i about a condition of affairs which becomes more and more the subject of comp:aint and: dl-satisfaction. The loss of certificates, ?-he change of residence without transfer on the books, the inability to register where one failed to avail himself of the privilege within ] the first year, bave resulted in the virtual; disiranchisement of a large number of citi-? zeos. Then the mutilation of the books by | use and the names of dead men oo the lists make it necessary to provide for a new regis tration or a revision, with such changes in i the law as will restore tne franchise to those i who have never registered. I direct your at- ! ten ti on to the matter, assured that you will do whatever is wise and proper. Under the' construction now placed upon It the law is clearly nnconstiutlonal, in that men are noti allowed to vote though qualified, because they had not availed themselves of the prlv-' liege in 1882. CONCI USION. I feel it to be unnecessary, but will never-: theless remind you that the stringency of the time* demands the roost rigid economy. Nig gardliness in not economy.and I would not be so understood, but the straitened condition of the people forbids the smallest expenditure that is not absolutely nee ssary. ? trust I shall have pre?ented for my signature an act substituting salaries instead of fees for coun ty officers, putting the fees into the treasury, and making a reduction ol salaries all along the line to a figure corresponding to the in creased purchasing power of money and the decreased ability of the people to pay. The saving w'U be little, but we have reached the point where even a small economy is of ma terial importance. The laborer is worthy of his hire, and our salaries are not?t all extrav agant, but men who seets the offices for salary alone are unworthy to hold them, and men in the public service should not leceive more than similar service commands In private business life. Pledging you my hearty co operation in whatever you maj attempt in behalf of the State and Its people, and praying for the bless ings of an All-wise Providence upon your la bore, I welcome you to the Capital, confident that your work will merit and receive the well done of our joint constituency. B. R. Til iman. Governor. Be Patient with tne Living;. sweet friend, when thou and I art gene Beyocd earth's weary labor. When small shall be our need of grace Krom comrade or from niigbbot; Passed :i! the strife, the toil, the care. An ! done with all the s:^h?ng-? What teiiUer t ruth shall we luve gained, Aias! by simply dying? 'Tis easy to he gentle when Death silence shames our clamor. And easy to discern the best Thiough memory's my>t:c slamor; But wise it were for yuu and me. Ere love is past forgiving. To take the tender leS>on home? Be Datient with the living. " ?Good Cheer. Acnt Abigial Chest of Drawers A TRUE STORY. Sarriette Rea, in Christian Register. The room was low studded, and the chest of drawers came nearly to the top. The mahogany was dark with age, the handles were brass, the liase was spin die-legged, with acorn-shaped projections breaking the line. Be neath the five large drawers were a collection of smaller ones, three on each side with a deep space or cub board in the ccnt?"\ This was enclosed by a door, orn a mented with a brass knob and a quaint little knocker. Tbe cupboard was like a tiny porter's lodge, and enveloped the whole piece of furniture with an air of mystery. It warded off intru sion, and suggested the propriety of lifting the knocker to c^k permission of some shadowy spectre if oho rnignt venture to examine more closely this genuine ad tique. The owner was evidently proud of her possession ; and we found one day that it had a history a true one. She told it to us with the keen iuterest that age Suds in rehearsing the story of its youth. It was over a supper of Hyson tea, butter-cracker toast, pound cake pre served citron, served upon a round ta ble, before the open fire. The china was white, with green sprigs, and bad been kept without a teak lor sixty years. A teapot stood on the hearth, waiting to supply a socond cup. The talker slipped occasionally into old fashioned forms of speech, butevident ly she endeavored to avoid them. ui always wanted a chest of draw ers; andj'when I weut to work in the factory, I determined to have oue. I don't think much about getlio' marri ed, and havin' a parlor of my own. I just wanted that. "Old Judge Pettingell had died, and hi<* niece was willin' to sell everything that belonged to Mis' Judge. I offered her twenty-five dollars for this chest, not knowm' whether' twas cheap or not; but I meant to have it. So I worked hard; and every quarter's pay - ment I put by a little money in a silk purse, all by myself, until I'd saved enough. "When I had it brought hame, fa ther didn't seem pleased, and said I was silly, and I'd better have put my money in the bank: but but mother, she looked at it, and her eyes shone, and I used to see her staudin' up be fore it, aud openin' and shuttin' the drawers. "Then I got acquainted with my first husband. I always called him Hiram, aud so I do to this day. We were married; but I wouldn't take away the chest from mother while she lived. I kuew she set store by it, as I did. "After mother died?father went first then I brought it home, and this china. I set the drawers up where they stand now. "Four or five years went by. Hir am and I were happy together, and then he was +aken sick. We hadn't any children. He used to say that he must make his will; but he put it off, and put it off, and by and by died without doin' it. "I never thought- that anything I bought myself could belong to Hiram. I knew I should get my thirds, a that they would give me the bouse, supposed the furniture was mine. "The day after tbe funeral, Hira two brothers came in with a lawyer. They said everything valuable had got to be sold at auction. I could bid 'em in if I wanted to: but all the property had got to be 'pra'sed in order to bee how much I ought to haye. "Tben they went round the rooms, sayiug what this thing was worth and that thing was worth, and pretty soon they came to the chest. The .lawyer whispered to Hiram's brother, but I beard him, 'This is worth considera ble.' "I almost screamed out ; 'You can't touch that. I earned every cent cf it in the factory, and paid for it, and brought it over here.' "The lawyer answered pretty sharp; 'Well, ma'am, that don't make" a bit of difference. Whatever you brought here belonged^ to your husband. That's the law of the land.' "Ezekiel, Hiram's youngest brother, stood close by, and he put in, 'Why, Abigail, you can buy back what you waut now if we give permission.' I was mad, antj to I just let the auction go on: and when the day came, I bid bretty low ou my things. "The neighbors were real good, and never tried to bid against me. When it came to that chest of drawers, I just spoke up loud, so everybody could hear and said, 'It's a burnin' shame for me to have to buy what's already my own ; andif men folks have made such a law, they ought to take it back, and make another.' Then I bid twenty-five dollars, and pafd for the chest over again: for I knew Ezekiel would get all he could for it. "There was just enough from my thirds to keep the house and garden, but Hiram'e brothers had all rest of the land. They sold it to Mr. Jones, our nearest neighbor; and I shut up my house, and went back to work in the factory. 'Twaru't very long before Mis' Jones died. I used to think, while the looms were goiu', about our two houses, and tbe kitchens with no body there, as it used to be ; for Mis' Jones was a real bleasant woman, and we were always neighborly together. "Oue day, about a year afterward, I went up home to look over my things. I sup?K>se Mr. Jones saw the light, for he came over to make a call. I was mighty glad to see an old face : for 1 had been real lonesome, and I did waut to hear about everything. "Befd^e he went away, he asked me to marry^hirn. Mis'Jones had gone, he hadn't any children, and he said he'd just as soon come here and live as not. You see his house was an old one aud he thought he could use if for an other barn; while Hiram and ? had fiexed up this one until it was 'most as nice as new. "Perhaps I hadn't ought to have done? it isso quick, for Hiram had on ly been gone about two years; but I was all alone, and it seemed so ge>od to fhink of keepin' house once more, so I said 'Yes,' arni we were married in three weeks from that night. "We lived happy together for fifteen years, and I never thought anything more about money matters, nor how things could get mixed up. We kept on prosperin.' Mr. Jones had the name of bein' a good farmer, and I always knew how to manage my part. We both worked hard, but we didn't owe a cent, and kept putt in, money into the bank. "One day Mr. Jones took an awful cold, and went right into lung fever. J He did't live a week, an' never knew j anyboby after the second day. When j the funeral was over, I began to re-1 member, and to think what might happen again witotit a will: for Mr.; Jones hacfa nephew, Jacob, who was ; an awful graspiu' man. ! "He came in the very next day, and; we looked over all Mr. Jones's papers, j but we couldn't find any. Then Jacob spoke right up, 'Mis'j Jones, you can have your thirds, but you cau't have no more, for, legally, the rest goes to me.' "Mr. Jemes had been a real kind husband, and I felt awful lonesome anyway. So I just broke down, and began to cry. Jacob got up, and weut out, but I knew he'd come back, and he did the next mornin,' and brought a lawyer with him, They said we didn't need to have an auction and!; they'd give in a good many of my * things ; but the best of 'em must havej' a price fixed, and them Jacob put his t] hand on that chest of drawers audjj said, 'This thing is worfh more than it was at first, but I'm willin' to let it gojj for twenty-five dollars V I'd g"t some money laid by me, and I waited until things were settled. Then I brought j? it out, and paid down for all I had. L He and the lawyer were standin' right there, and I had all I could do to bear it. I was so wrought up I s'pose I said more'u I ought ; but I did not speak my mind to Jacob. I told him he needn't ever darken my doors again for he was no better than a thief. I said the law ought to help widows, when husbands died so sudden they hadn't no time to make a will ; but, if it didu't, their relatives had no need to take advantage of it. "Mr. Jones was worth considerable property, and so my thirds gave me the house and garden over again, and money in the bank enough to keep me besides; but I never had any call to invite Jacob here after that final settlement. "Well, 'twarn't more'n two years again before, one cole winter night, when I was sittin' here re?l comforta ble by the fire. 1 heard a knock at the front door. opened it, and there was Mr. Smith, who lived in another part of the town. "He was a widower, though his wife hadn't been dead more than six months. I never thought what he'd come for. He always seemed to be a well-meanin' man. I hadn't anything against him. "He took a seat by the fire. It was pretty hot ; and he kept pushin' tais chair back until he got. beside that chest, and then he couldn't get no further. "But before ong he took hold of one of the handles, and began to work it back and forth ; aud then he burst out: "'Mis'Jones, don't you think you and I could get along together? We're both pretty lonesome.' "I shouldn't have flared up as I did, if I hadn't seen him holdin' on to that handle ; but it all came over me how I had to suffer, and I just rose right up, and I said : "Mr. Smith. I've bought aud paid for that chest of drawers three times, I'm goin' to own it as long as I live ; and no man is ever goin to have a claim on it again !" "He understood, for the folks all over town bad heard about my things. He got right up and said: 'Good-night, Mis' Jones. I guess I'll be goin'. My horse don't like to stand long.' " "He warn't to blame ; but barreed the door after he'd gone,, and then I s?id to myself : " bigia 1 Jones, you are a widow once more, and you'll stay a widow the rest of your days ' " It is wonderful how the Christian re ligion has enlarged and enriched, not only human experience, but also hu man language. It has introduced new words and new conceptions of things, and given a higher meaning to old words and old ideas. Its new wine has been poured into new bottles, and in many cases it has changed the water of a mere earthly language into the wine of a heavenly speech. By the the introduction ol" Christianity into many a dark pagan country, the old words by which they expressed their notions of man's duty and of God's re lations to them have been purified and raised to a higher level, and have now a fulness and depth of meaning which they never conveyed to the native in their heathen condition. When Dr. Wenger, the distinguished translator of the Bible in India, pressed his Hin doojpundit for tbe Bengal word for "con science," the pundit was in perplexity, and finally answered, "What is not in a countnr has no name there." There was no word in the ancient Greek lan guage to express what Peter meant by humility, and therefore the word which he coined to signify his mean ing is one of the new words which we owe to Ch istianity: for it is Christian ity that has brougnt the new thing which it represents into the world. Miss Elder.?Well, I maintain that women:cau do anything that men can. Mr. Gassani?Oh, no. The auction eers business is one women cannot go into. Miss Elder?Nonsense. She'd make every bit as good an auctioneer as a man. Mr. Grassam?just imagine an un married woman getting up before a crowd and exclaiming, 'Now, gentle men, all I want is an offer!" Medical Science. The Pail Mall Gazette tells of a doc tor on a man-of-war who had a very simple method of treatment. He would tie a piece of tape around the waist of the complaining mariner, and | ? command him to him to declare wheth er his pain existed above or below the tape. Jf above an emetic, and if be low a dose of salts, followed as a mat ter of course. People do not weigh much in heaven who take pigeons to God's alter wheu they ought to go with mil grown oxen and sheep. Stale bread will clean kid gloves? Bread crumbs cleanse silk gowns? Milk, applied once a week with a! soft cloth, freshens and preserves boots and shoe?? Gloves can be cleaned at home by' rubbing with gasolene? Weak spots in a black silk waist may ! be strengthened by "sticking" court: plaster underneath. Tooth powder is an excellent cleanser for the filagree jewelry. A little vaseline, rubbed in once a day, will keep the hands from chap ping? To wash irons in dish water after washing skillets, will make them smooth and prevent rusting. if you fold your clothe-; as you take them from the line they would iron much rasier. How I>o They Grow? This is only a bl?.-'.< of crass: But how do"h it screw* Docs any one know? The seasons come und the seasons ?>ass. Ami with every year the grasa we have here, so greenand bright in the sun ar.*l rain: And then it is brown when the snow Ccmes, But yonng in the spring acaiu. This is only a little girl; But how does she crow? Does any one know? With her hair of gold and her teeth of pearl, From a baby wee will grow to b-! A maiden as fair as a blooming r>>sv. But no one can sav. as day follows day. How blade ol gras ?r a little gii 1 grows. ?Reformed Church Messenger. Managing; the Boys. When Fred, Kufe and Ham (short for Hamilton) went out into the coun try- to visit their Aunt Sarah, they had ,luo end of a good time." Aunt Sarah was a conscientious, careful, nervous >oul, who compiled a number of rules ind regulations for the benefit of her young kinsman, and then worried her self perpetually because they paid no aeed to them. The rule requiring them to be in >ed by nine o'clock was a particular source of irritation. No sooner would ;he poor lady chase them up the frout j stairs, than down they would come by :he back ones, and out they would scud into the darkness, to be "followed >y such reproachful exclamai ions as. 'Como in this minute, you naughty )oys, What are you hiding in the wet rrass for, trying to catch your death of ;old? Kufe, you're old enough to know setter; I'm ashamed of you all," and a rreat deal more of the same sort. This game of hide-and-seek was oc ?asionly rendered more exciting by \unt Sarah's invoking the aid of the lired man, Timothy Warren. Tim >tby was a man of few words and nu merous deeds, and he was warranted lot to cease his labors uutil he depo-it id three hotly chased and soundly :uffed boys into their respective bed ooms the doors of which were imme liately afterwards locked, o11 such ?casions Atint Sarah would observe, Oh, I'm so much obliged to you, rimothy. I'm afraid I never could lay e caught them all by myself." \nd Timothy, gazingat his mistress's ISO pounds, would respectfully answer, reckon ye couldn't marui." But one day Aunt Sarah's married sister Bertha came to make her a visit, ind expressed herself in this way: "I declare, Sarah, yotrre all worn )ut and haggard looking, tagging after hose boys. Now you go and visit Cousin Phebe a week and get rested. ['11 stay here and manage the boys." 'You don't know what you are in Or," said Aunt Sarah solemly. "I'm in for having a good time," re ;orted Aunt Bertha, merrily All went well during the first day of he new reign. As night advanced, Fred approached his aunt, and respect ully inquired the hour they would be equired to go to bed. "I don't know," replied the lady i n iifferently, go when you like." This reply, when repeated to the )ther two, so amazed them that Inco iarne to her in a body. "Aunt Sarah always made us go to )ed at nine," observed Rufe with the severe air of one who would grieve to see domestic discipline relaxed. 'All righi," said Aunt Bertha with yawn, "go at nine if you want to." "But don't we have to go then?" isked Ham anxiously. "Certanly not. I don't care when y*ou go to bed. You can stay up all light if you like." This was astounding. -'Have you no ionsideration for our health?" asked Fred. "Why should I?" inquired his aunt. 'If you're sick you'll have to stay in )ed ]till you get well, and that will each you more common sense than a housand considerations for your lealth." The long evening dragged wearily iway; with no rules to break, existence seemed to have lost its charm. "Aren't you going to have a single *ule Aunt Bertha?"' Fred^ mournfully inquired. "Yes she responded composedly; 'the rule that any boy who is not up in time for breakfast must go without Iiis breakfast." -,Weil, 1 guess with no sleep and no breakfast, we'll go home looking pretty thin," growled Kufe. "Oh, just as lyou like about that." said Aunt Bertha. "You know you trau have all the sleep and all the breakfast that you want." And in a few days the boys drifted )f their own accord into the habit of % >ing to bed early.?E. W., in House keeper's Journal. Riding- on the Platform . The-beit illustration that I ever heard, showing the disadvantage of living as a Christian outside of the Church, was given me by a young convert whom ? had recently received into the church. I expressed my pleasure and grati fication at the step he had taken, he replied: I had not made up my mind to join when I came to meeting tonight, but while you were talking I thought it was liko buying a ticket to Chicago, and then riding on the platform. I thought I might aswellgo inside. The young brother unwittingly in his illustration gave an unanswerable, certainly a most sensible argument in favor of Church membership.?Mes senger. Why we Xeed Two Ears. Sound travels by waves, radiating from a central point of disturbance, ?ust as waves radiate when a stone is thrown into still water. So far as th^ hearing of each individual ?s coneerned ?d these waves move in a direct line from the cause of the disturbance to the ear. This beiny; the case, the im pact is greater in the ear nearest the sound. Now, a person who has total ly lost the hearing: of one ear cannot locate the direction of a noise to save his life, even when the center of dis turbance is quite near. Bliud persons learn to estima'*- distances in ? surpris ingly brief period after losing their sight, but experts on diseases of the ear say that persons who are wholly deaf in one ear can never learn the di rection from which a sound comes. ?Brandon Banner. There is not a desert in human life that has to be crossed, on which the sun pours its heat in merciless power wherein he who looks for it cannot fimi the shadow of a rock. Your copper wash boiler if well rul? ded with a cloth dipped in coal oil, will h" clean and bright. You can sweep a rag carpet much cleaner sweeping cross-wise of the width. If you want to keep your house free of moths, never put down your carpe s till the floor is thoroughly dry. To keep your bedding pure and wholesome, open your beds to the air the first thing in the morning. In making up unbleached muslin, allow one inch to the yard for shrink age. Gum arabic and gum tragacanth in equal parts dissolved in h<>i water make the best and most convenient mucilage you can keep in the house? The Experience of a ' reliant?The Lord was Iii?? He. er. A merchant in New York had pledg ed to the Lord a certain portion of his business receipts as fast as they were collected. He called this the Lord's insurance money. "For," said he, "so long as I give, so long will the Lord I help and bless me, and in some way j will give me the means to give. It is a | blessing to my heart to keep it open i ri gratitude ; a bleasing to dispose of it to gladden other hearts, ami the surest way to keep the Lord's favor with me." The results of his experience were blessed, indeed as he said : "I never realized oefore how He helps me in all my business plans. Things happen daily which show me that some one who knows more than I is protecting me. Bad debts have been paid that I did not expect. E nan d boys just get ting into sly and bad habits have been discovered ere their thefts had proceed ed far. .As I needed competent help j in my business, it has come just as it was wanted. "When customers were about to fail, somehow their debts to me were paid, although they failed to pay others. "A severe fire came to my office and seemed to have swept all my valuables away. But it was stopped at just the right moment, and not one thing val uable was lost: The insurance com panies paid me enough to replace every damage, and the office was renewed better than before. The Lord sends me business enough to pay my debts, While others are dull. "I cannot tell why it is, except that I always pray for my business, and ask the Lord to bless it for the good of others, and that the means which come from it may be used for His cause. "When I stop giving business stops coming. When I stop praying for it perplexities arise. As long as I pray : for it all moves easily, aud I have no : care or trouble. , "The Lord is my banker, my insurer, ! my deliverer, my patron, and my bless ed guardian of temporal things as well 1 as spiritual.?The Wonders of Prayer. { Professing chrislians sometimes at tribute their spiritual poverty to Na ture. One is penurious, another pas sionate, another cowardly, and they 1 say it is because they have been Jess ( generously endowed by Nature than { others an<l cannot help it. It would be quite as reasonable for one whose 1 fathei's ta' 1 *, to w hich he has free ac- 1 cess, is daily loaded with wholesome 1 food to go about the streets with gaunt 1 bony fingers and ghastly countenance 1 starving to death, aud saying "I can- ? uotheipit." God is able to make a I penurious mau liberal, generous and J benevolent, or a cruel man as gentle as ! a lamb, ora passionate man as calm 1 and serene as the bosom of a moun- J tain lake when lhe winds are hushed ' to rest. He is abre to make all grace '? abound toward all ills children.?New York Christian Advocate. A. R. Presbyterian. 1 Here is a suggestion for our every day life. It is sound to the core : "Pray when you feel like it ; pray till you feel like it. Deny yourself and give when yo*? are in the spirit; deny yourself and give till you are iu the 1 spirit." There is no other rule than this for us. When we would do good i evil is present with us, but we are not 1 on that account to defer doing good. ! No, the fight against the devil is in doing our duty when not inclined to it. Go to church when you feel like 1 staying at home and spending the day ! in quiet reading. Get on your knees when-your thoughts are wandering to 5 the ends of the earth, and stay there till 3'ou feel the presence of God. Thus and only thus are we to become conformed to the will of God. Thus and thus only will duty become a set- 1 tied habit, and habi;, a real delight. The School Journal says : "Thirty years ago William Craudall prepared a book entitled Three Hours' School a Day.' He wrote : 'It is to make men, not to fill them, that we want schools. Our public school, therefore, should embrace the science of man, the science of agriculture, the science of ! mechanics, the science of housewifery, and the moment wre enter the domain of nature :? range is unlimited.' He was deemed t'a crank,' a man to be avoided, because he proposed that text-book learning should be set aside. But those who knew him felt that he was an inspired man, who had buta few years to live, and who wauted to speak the truth as he knew it while looking into the grave he was soon to fill." (Chicago Interior.) Rome's Grasp on Our Cities.?Years ago we heard Prof. Henry B. Smith say in the class-room that tbe Roman Catholics of New York City paid count in New York shows that out of one-tenth of the city taxes and held nine-tenths of the city offices. The last twenty-live aldermen twenty are either Catholics or of alien birth. We do not know where to look for a large American city which is governed by citizens born upon American soil. Our great cities are practically foreign colonies in tbe niid.st of American States with which they have little community of faith, morals or social habits. No two Christians have just the same trials. This man tights his battles on one field; that one on another. Some reach a stable and assuring belief only through an agony of doubts and fears. Others appear to have a native capacity for believing in supernatural things. The former) class, however, may tind it compara-j lively easy to yield obedience to the practical morality of the gospel; while the latter may be always in danger of breaking through the restrictions of God's law. Ou the whole, things are equalized. The law of compensation reaches up even into the highest ranges of religious exper ience. One part suet to two parts lard ren dered,., together, is much better for fryih^p'urposes than all lard. To liavefgood coffee your coffee pot must be bright and clean inside. -Don't Scold Me." From the . Y. Evangelist. We mothers often speak in harsh tone - of reprimand ; sometimes we are nervous and fretful pitch our voices on a high key, very unpleasant to hear. And we often speak in an exaggerated way of our children's faults. "You are the very worst child I ever saw !" "I never knew a boy so noisy and disagreeable as you are !" "You tease me so much that I am only happy and quiet when you are oufof my sight !" The manner and the tone of voice these words are said in provoke a child to anger very quickly. Children get irritated and discouraged much more than we think, when they are contin ually being found fault with. It is much better to give reprimands in a pleasant tone of voice, and with a smile even on the face of reproof. "Don't, Tommy, don't do that," said a mother. "You kuow it makes my heaxi ache." "Dees it make your head ache, mother?" asked the child curiously, and with a pitying tone in his voice, and came creeping up to his mother's side, and looking at lier as if in doubt whether he would be repulsed or not. "Sometimes it does, my son," replied Mrs. Lyon kindly, "and it is always unpleasant. Won't you try to play wittiout making so much noise?" "Yes, mother. try," answered the little fellow cheerfully, "but I forget sometimes." He looked ear nestly at his mother, as if something more was in his thoughts. "Well, dear, what else?" she said encouragingly. "When I forget vou'll tell me, won't you?" "Yes, love." "Aud then I'll stop. But don't scold me, mother, for then I can't stop." ? Mrs.^IJoyD's heart was touched. She ?grrKher breath and bent her head amvri; lx) conceal its expression, until itrfeted on the sjlkeju hair of her mild. "Be k good bog; ; 'fommy, and mother will iieverssc?ld- you any more," she nmrmute? gently in his >ars. " \' His arms stole upwards, and as. they were twined closely about her neck he, pressed his lips tightly against her meek, thus sealing his part of the 3ontract with a kiss. How sweet to a mother's taste were these first-fruits of a self-control ! In [he effort to- govern herself, what a power had she acquired ! Only first fruits were these. In all herafterdays lid that mother strive with herself ere she entered into a contest with the inherited evils of her children. And just so far as she was able to overcome ?vii in herself, did she overcome evil in them. Often, very often, did she fall back into the old state, and often, very often, was self-resistauee only a slight effort, but the feeble influence for good that flowed from her words or actions whenever this was so, warned her of error and prompted a more vigorous self-control. Need it be said that she had an abundant reward? Words spoken in anger are sure to bring regret. Paying-^for the Privilege. Bishop Cox, in his lecture at the Y. M. C, A. in Buffalo, according to the Courier of that city, told this story : "When I was rector of a church iu Baltimore I used to see a dear old lady in the gard of a Quaker very often in ihe congregation of the church. Oue 3f the wardens said to me, 'Mrs. is a great friend of yours.' "I am glad to hear it," I said. " 'Yes,' said the warden,' she said to me, 41 love to hear your pastor preach, but I should like him so much better if he did not receive money for it.J " 'But,' said the warden, 'he pays ?20,000 a year for the privilege of preaching to us.' "'Does he, indeed; and how so?' asked the old lady. " 'Well, we both were educated at the same time, we are about of an age, and I earn $25,000 a year at my profes sion, while he only receives $5,000.' " tell thee,' said the dear old Quaker, shall always hear him hereafter with a great deal more pleas ure.' " When. When religion isn't used it is a hard matter to keep it. When you are tempted to do wrong, think. Whenever you have a chance, re turn good for evil. Wheu you feel discouraged, take your case to the Lord. When you feel weak, ask of the strong Arm above. When you want to hear a good sermon, pray for the preacher. Some Things Money Can Not Do, ?Money can not buy a monument that will keep an unworthy man from being forgotten. Money tbat has not been honestly earned brings with it no blessing. Money alone can not give honor. Jewels purchased by the wages of shame are badges of infamy. ey ca o t g i ve a y m an peace of mind who does not respect him self. There is not money enough on earth to atone for the wrong of making one man a drunkard. Just as Bad. It is just as bad to reject Christ as it was to crucify Him. It is just as bad to lose heaven by neglect as it is to do it wilfully. It is just as bad to kili a man with a toy pistol as it is with a sixty-four pounder. It is just as bad to do nothing for God as it is to be working for the evil one. It is just as bad to be wrong, in the sight of God, as it is to do wrong. It is just as bad to break one of the commandments as it is to break ali of them, in so far as your standing with God is concerned.?Ex. Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, was commonly called "Soapy Sani." One day. as the story goes, he was a guest in some great house, when a forward child, an infant terrible, not frightened by the great man's presence, trotted up to him ami piped out in a child's voice, "Why do people call you Soapy Sam ?" Instead of standing on his dignity, he appreciated the humor of the thing, and seizing the little creature he drew her upon his knees and answered in his softest voice, "I will tell you, my darling. It is be cause 1 very often get into hot water, but always come out clean.'* Very few people have any definite conception of their own sins. They discover them clearly enough in others. Jt would be profitable to change iden tities occasiouly. A true faith can no more be seper ated from good works than the light of the candle from the heat, or the heat from its light. To Change Their Xames Everybody is aware of the rather hit and miss way that we have of spelling the names of cities, livers, and even countries. To secure uniformity and brevity, a government board was appointed by President Harrison about ti)ree years ago, charged with the task of finding out the correct pronunciation of all geographical names, and of fixing upon a standard spelling for them. ?t the head of the hoard is Professor T. C. ? Mendenhall, who is Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey : So far about two thousand changes have been made, most of them in the line of brevity, and all with the endeavor to to secure a greater fidelity of the spelling to the correctly spoken name. Among the most important changes are Bering for Behring, Chile for Chili, Haiti for Hayti, Colombia for Columbia (South America), Bermuda for Bermudas, the use of boro for borough in al! names ending thus, the dropping of the h from Pittsburgh, Edinburgh, and all similar names, the emission of the words "city" and "town" as part of names wherever practicable, and the contracting of many two-part names into single words. Of course the authority of this board extends only to the Postal Guide and all other official publications of the national government but it is certain to effect, within a few years, desirable changes in the use of the names in newspapers, in books, and all* other publications.?Harper's Young People. If aster Pin and Lady Xeedle. Tiie test of a blessing is not in what it secures to us, but it is in what it secures to others through us. God loes not give us any treasure to hoard for ourselves, but he gives to us in jrder that we may give to others. Whether it is the blessing of a new joy :>r the blessing of a new sorrow, it }ught to make us newly sympathetic with those who mourn or those who -ejoice, ; and newly tender toward all. L'nless we are made more Christlike ;o oaj?bellows through that which we ?ount avessing from God, we have eason to question whether that which ias been sent to us has yet proved a riessi ng.?Selected. .iew Rules for Everybody. Rev. Charles Simeon, the dis tinguished preacher of the English ?hurch, once said that the more he tried :he more he felt the importance of ad hering to the following rules : To hear as little as possible what is to the prejudice of others. To believe nothing of the kind till I am absolutely forced to it. Not to drink in the spirit of one who circulates an ill report. Always to moderate, as far as I can the uukindness, which is unkindness toward others. Always to believe, that if the other side were heard, a very different ac count would be given of the matter. We sometimes hear it said that pray Joes not change God. In a remote sense it is not true. God sent Isaiah to to tell Hezekiah to put his house in order that he should die. Hezekiah prayed and wept, and God sent Isaiah back to tell him he had heard his prayer and seen his tears and would add to his iife fifteen years. God in all his plans has promised to ; nswer prayer. Prayers in one sense changes God's purposes, or the results of his purposes, because to .answer prayer is God's greatest plan, *his strongest de cree. Little Things. Warmth is essential to all bodily functions. Therefore, an equal bodily temperature should be maintained by sxercise, by clothing or by fire. The fluid of our bodies is to the solid in proportion as nine to one. There, fore, a like proportion should prevail' in the total amount of food taken. Light exercises an important influ ence upon the growth and vigor of an imals and plants. Therefore, our dwell ings should freely admit the solar rays. Late hours and anxious pursuits ex haust the nervous system and produce disease and permature death. There fore, the hours of labor and study should be short. Decomposing animal and vegetable substances yield various noxious gases which enter the lungs and corrupt the blood. Therefore 3^1 impurities should be kept away fron? our bodies, and every precaution be observed to secure a pure atmosphere. Moderation in eating and drinking, short hours of labor and study, regular ity in exercise, recreation *and rest, cleanliness, equanimity of temper and equality of temperature?these are the great essentials to that which surpasses all wealth, health of mind and body. Pure atmospheric air is composed of nitrogen, oxgen and a very small pro portion of carbonic acid gas. Air once breathed has lost the chief part of its oxgen and requires a proportinate in crease of carbonic acid gas. There fore, health requires that we breathe the same air once only. It is said that if lamp chimneys, tum blers or other glass dishes are placed in cold water, with a half cup of table salt to each quart of water, which is brought slowly to a boil and boiled a half hour, then allowed to cool in the water, they will resist any sudden changes of temperature without crack, ing. Spanish Omelet. Put a large tomato, a small green pepper, half a small oui( n* two sprigs of parsley [and a bit of celery in a choppina bowl, chop fine and pour into a stewpan. Stand on the stove till heated through andtheii stir into the omelet as soon as it is put into the pan. Omelet Souffle?Add to six eggs four tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar and stir till dissolved, then add a few drops of any flavoring desired. Beat to asti?f froih, put in a buttered pan, smooth over the top with a knife, powder with sugar, put in a hot oven and bake quickly. The fluid part of our bodies also wastes constantly; there is but one fluid in animals, which is water, rherefoie, water only is necessary, and no artifice cau produce a better drink. The solid part of our bodies is con tinuali wasting and requires to be re paired "by fresh substances. Therefore, food which is to repair the loss should be taken with due regard to the exer cise and waste of tin body. Do vou know that you can drive nails into hard wood without bending them if you dip them first in lard? Corks warmed in oil make excellent substitutes for glass stoppers? A lump of camphor in your clothes press will keep steel ornaments from tarnishing? To stir a little flour in when making mush, will prevent it from breaking in pioeies when frying.